Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-26
THEY WON'T PAY.


Tie people of Taylor county, Kentucky,
are in peck oftrouble. They issued bonds
to certain railroads and refuse to pay
them. The United States marshals, who
ere in the county endeavoring to levy on
the property, ere experiencing difficulty
which is quite novel. The hotels refuse
to entertain them, tue courts have fined
them for trespass because they slept in
the courthouse yard, and no one will per
NIT them on their premises. The con di-
ton of affairs is graphically portrayed by
& correspondent OF the Louisville Times,
thus:
! The morning dawned with q1iet and peace
supreme in Csmpbellsvllle. Captain Gross and
| his Deputies had rather q wretChed night.
! They slept very little. and under the cirCum.
stances refreshing sleep was impossible. They
had the earth for bed, their guns for pillows
and the broad blue SKY was their only cover
+ ing Early this morning the marshal moved
his men to the vacant lot near the depot be
longing to the Louisville and Nashville Rail
road Company committee OF citizens waited
on the agent of the company, Mr.. Murray, and
asked him to requo5t the Louisville and Nash
Vile management to prevent the marshal and
posse from occupying the cOmpany's property.
The further request was made that the com
pany would refuse to transport arms. ammuni-
ton or provisions for man or beast 10 the
United states marshal or his posse. These
requests were forBardel to the company 3
headquarters.
At this hour not more than goo CT 300 people
have come in from the cOuntry, and these came
IN on foot. Not horse or other piece ot live
stock can be seen on the streets to day. The
stores are al closed and business IL entirely
suspended The board of trustees passed an
order carly this morning closing the whisky
saloons until Monday. and that order was az
once put Into effect The people IN town are
ve!y psCifCatOry, and have not yet seen an
armed man among the citizens, most of them
are in their shirt sleeves. The popular feeling
toward the marshal and posse ls much more
calm than It was last night. but the people con
tinue - protest against the presence Of toe
armed force They cain tnat Captain cross
and Colonel Hugh Rogers, who arc both greatly
liked and respected, could have come here
alone and made all the levles necessary. / be
licye myself this could nave been done. though
doubt not Captain cross I'D what he thought
was for the best.
CAPTAIN cross and COloncl Rogers started
on; this morning and levied on reveral bald
lEE-. lUtg bElDN luAg.t 10 uAu any lCIhUld4
property, a large crowd Of people aCcOmpan-
led them, but there was no attempt at inter
ference and no indications OF q disturbance
The heavy clouds now hanging over the town
threaten rain. should the .a!n come the posse
Will lind refuge in the depot though the agent
Will protest against their occupancy
A shower OF rain set ia at 10 O'Clock and con-
tlnucd for more than an hour. Everybody WAS
driven to shelter and the process OF making
ley!cs was interrupted. I have 'lsg seen Cap
tain Gross, and he said
81 an not making much heaiwqy \Gar.y
sll the live stock mas been sent ont Of the
county and 1 Gao ind nothing % levy on.
Even If 1 find property ! have mo- way Of
asCC-JaininE TO whom % belongs one levy
was made on Il teen barrels OF salt he-Ong
irg to D. Il Moore, q commission merchant.
The marEhal started to take possession but
upon MOorc's assurance that the property
WOul be forthcoming On the day OF the sale it
was ] ef. with the owner. a levy vas made on
the dwelling house OF DT. Tobias Chandler,
but owing tJs0mG defect In the process /. was
Withdrawn.
The county jaucr this morning brought salt
against the. marshal ami deputies for $1,000
damages FOR unlawful occupancy of the court
hOuse grounds last night Inc suit i- return
able 20 tA5 next term Of the Circuit court The
people continue in Hperfe,. good humy- and
fl Is thought there Will he no trouble unfit
some one comes here TO bid on the property
when Il Is offered for sale. captain cross
deputies VIII be Cni0incd from Masking any
leyes, the people holding that each levy must
be made by Captain CROSS in person.
The Lebanon people have tc,cEraphcd here
that they VIII no. take care of any stock
brought there bv Captain Gross The boycott
Il rigid and universal Itis said that the Louis
vile sCi Nashville management win refuse 70
let the posse occupy thelr ground II they are
ordered away from there odd knows wlerc
they will go. Altogether these lcvles are being
made under dlMcuIde-. ] DO not believe one
dollar VII! be realized by the present method
The good hum0r which exists so bsp-
PLY at present cannot nope to last. The
useIess1ess Of attempting to defy tae Iaw
and evsde It's requirements should be ap-
parent TO ST.. The payment Of these
taxes may be gross injustice, bu. re-
sistirg the constituted authorities is an
open violation Of the law, and United
States officers having the government be
hind them will make short work Of the
threatened resistance to permitting REQ
pie 20 bid upon property when offered
for sale. If there is no legal remedy for
the people Of Taylor they should bear
the loss as b~svely as possible Forci5le
resistance is madness, and It must end
in either q surrender or serious trouble
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